Historic buildings and sites are assets in so many ways – social, cultural, historic, and economic. This section provides information about professional resources to renovate your historic structure, financing potential projects, and availability of historic properties for sale across the state.

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION REFERRAL GUIDE

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This list of individuals and companies was collected from a variety of sources based on previous historic preservation work and experience. The list is provided as a referral guide. By no means is it a complete list and should not be construed as an endorsement from the Arizona Preservation Foundation. If you have questions, comments, suggestions for additions, or edits to the list, send us an email.

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GRANTS, TAX CREDITS & FINANCIAL INCENTIVES

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A variety of funding opportunities exist for historic preservation-related projects across Arizona and the nation. Please review the list below and click on the links for more information. If you know of additional financial resources or have questions, send us an email.

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• Arizona Community Foundation

• Arizona Community Foundation (regional affiliates)

• American Express Preservation Fund

• Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality Brownfields Grants

• Arizona Dept. of Revenue Conservation Easement Valuation

• Arizona Game & Fish Heritage Fund

• Arizona Humanities

• Arizona Low Income Housing Tax Credit

• Arizona State Historic Property Tax Reclassification

  • Commercial

  • Residential

• Arizona Public Service (APS) Community Giving

• City of Phoenix

  • Adaptive Reuse Program

  • Historic Preservation Bond Program

  • Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Bond Funds

  • New Market Tax Credits

• Community Foundation for Southern Arizona

• Conservation Easements

• Conventional Bank Financing (check with various financial institutions)

• Downtown Tucson Partnership Facade Improvement Program

• Federal Investment Tax Credit

• Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET)

• Main Street Technical Assistance Grant Program

• Municipal General Revenue Funding

• National Park Service 

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

  • National Trust Preservation Funds

  • Southwest Intervention Fund

• New Market Tax Credits

  • Chicanos por la Causa

  • City of Phoenix

  • Dudley Ventures

  • Local Initiatives Service Corp.

  • National Trust Community Investment Corp.

• Questers International

• Salt River Power (SRP) Corporate Giving Program

• Southwestern Foundation for Education & Historical Preservation (call 520-327-1215 or send an email)

• Sustainable Communities Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Fund

• Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Corporate Giving Program

• Union Pacific Railroad Foundation

• USDA Rural Development Programs & Services

• Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

 

Two funding sources currently do not exist in Arizona. The Arizona Preservation Foundation participates in efforts to make the Arizona Heritage Fund whole again and to determine the feasibility of creating a State Investment Tax Credit.

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• The Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund, enacted by Arizona voters in 1990, was raided by the State Legislature and removed from statute in 2010. But there is good news to share. The Fund was restored this past legislative session thanks to a bipartisan group of state legislators, led by Senator Kate Brophy McGee (R-Phoenix), who sponsored Senate Bill 1241. Arizona Lottery monies are not available until 2029, so the Fund needs to be supported by grants, donations, and direct appropriations until then.

 

• Arizona has not enacted a State Investment Tax Credit to coincide with the Federal Investment Tax Credit. 

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HISTORIC REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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Historic and vintage houses and commercial buildings are listed for sale each and every day in Arizona. Click on the links below to view the listings of real estate professionals who specialize in and respect historic properties. If your firm would like to be listed, please send us an email that includes a link to a website/page that documents the historic properties for sale in your community.

 

Bisbee

• The Pepper Group

 

Flagstaff

• RE/MAX Peak Properties

 

Mesa

• Mesa City Real Estate

 

Phoenix

• Destination AZ Properties

• Home Smart, Get Your PHX

• Home Smart, Historic Phoenix

• Jarson & Jarson Real Estate

• Realty Executives, The Urban Team

 

Prescott

• Prescott Bungalows & Historic Real Estate

 

Tucson

• Atomic Tucson Property Resources

• Home Smart, Historic Tucson Homes

• Long Realty Company

 

Nationwide

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

• Preservation Directory

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